A run for the border?
The Milwaukee Brewers' "Racing Sausages" are going multicultural...and I couldn't be more excited.
You can read the whole story below, but I think this is coming from a league-wide mandate. MLB big-shots recognize the growing Hispanic demographic while watching the African American community growing more apathetic toward baseball. They see a buck. They gotta chase it. Even if it is mainly in the form of small bills collected in Home Depot parking lots...
OH, I'm sorry...Not cool. Not PC. I'm sure I can do better while guessing the possible "sausage outfit."
My non-enlightened brother in law suggested..."My guess is that the chorizo will have on a t-shirt and shorts and will carry a weed wacker."
Sad. I wish he hadn't gone there. Meanwhile, I'm leaning toward a similar outfit, but with a gas-powered leaf blower and a 'forty.' Or, maybe one large sausage being chased by an ever-growing number of baby sausages that destroy the meat-packing school system for the other sausages. Or, maybe a sausage running in the wrong direction because it couldn't read the racing rules...
Considering where I live, I could go on all day...
...
¡Hola, Chorizo!
Brewers look south of the border for new racing sausage
By DON WALKER
Posted: July 25, 2006
Hey, Hot Dog, Bratwurst, Italian and Polish sausages, guess who's coming to dinner at Miller Park? Meet the Chorizo, a zesty Mexican sausage.
What will the Chorizo look like?
The sausages, which emerged sometime in the early 1990s at old County Stadium in virtual scoreboard races, have attracted national attention and are a huge fan favorite at Miller Park.
During the 2000 season, the last at County Stadium, the sausages went from virtual to live and began to race around the stadium.
Team officials and Klement's executives were not hungry for publicity Tuesday and remained tight-lipped about the announcement, saying more would be released at the Thursday news conference at Miller Park.
"Don't bank on anything until you see it live," said Dan Lipke, Klement's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "There are a lot of ways we can go with this."
Asked if the Chorizo would be the newest Racing Sausage, Lipke said, "I'm not laying claim that's what you will find."
The newest sausage mascot is expected to be adorned with a mustache and a sombrero and will sport the traditional colors of green, white and red.
At the game Saturday between the Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers will celebrate the first Cerveceros Day as a tribute to Hispanic baseball. Players will wear uniforms with the word Cerveceros, or Brewers, on their jerseys.
No. 1, Bratwurst
Outfit: Green Austro-Bavarian lederhosen
No. 2, Polish Sausage
Outfit: Dark shades and a blue and red rugby shirt.
#3, Italian Sausage
Outfit: Chef's outfit
#4, Hotdog
Outfit: Baseball uniform.
#5, Chorizo, Mexican sausage
Outfit: ?
You can read the whole story below, but I think this is coming from a league-wide mandate. MLB big-shots recognize the growing Hispanic demographic while watching the African American community growing more apathetic toward baseball. They see a buck. They gotta chase it. Even if it is mainly in the form of small bills collected in Home Depot parking lots...
OH, I'm sorry...Not cool. Not PC. I'm sure I can do better while guessing the possible "sausage outfit."
My non-enlightened brother in law suggested..."My guess is that the chorizo will have on a t-shirt and shorts and will carry a weed wacker."
Sad. I wish he hadn't gone there. Meanwhile, I'm leaning toward a similar outfit, but with a gas-powered leaf blower and a 'forty.' Or, maybe one large sausage being chased by an ever-growing number of baby sausages that destroy the meat-packing school system for the other sausages. Or, maybe a sausage running in the wrong direction because it couldn't read the racing rules...
Considering where I live, I could go on all day...
...
¡Hola, Chorizo!
Brewers look south of the border for new racing sausage
By DON WALKER
Posted: July 25, 2006
Hey, Hot Dog, Bratwurst, Italian and Polish sausages, guess who's coming to dinner at Miller Park? Meet the Chorizo, a zesty Mexican sausage.
What will the Chorizo look like?
The sausages, which emerged sometime in the early 1990s at old County Stadium in virtual scoreboard races, have attracted national attention and are a huge fan favorite at Miller Park.
During the 2000 season, the last at County Stadium, the sausages went from virtual to live and began to race around the stadium.
Team officials and Klement's executives were not hungry for publicity Tuesday and remained tight-lipped about the announcement, saying more would be released at the Thursday news conference at Miller Park.
"Don't bank on anything until you see it live," said Dan Lipke, Klement's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "There are a lot of ways we can go with this."
Asked if the Chorizo would be the newest Racing Sausage, Lipke said, "I'm not laying claim that's what you will find."
The newest sausage mascot is expected to be adorned with a mustache and a sombrero and will sport the traditional colors of green, white and red.
At the game Saturday between the Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers will celebrate the first Cerveceros Day as a tribute to Hispanic baseball. Players will wear uniforms with the word Cerveceros, or Brewers, on their jerseys.
No. 1, Bratwurst
Outfit: Green Austro-Bavarian lederhosen
No. 2, Polish Sausage
Outfit: Dark shades and a blue and red rugby shirt.
#3, Italian Sausage
Outfit: Chef's outfit
#4, Hotdog
Outfit: Baseball uniform.
#5, Chorizo, Mexican sausage
Outfit: ?
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